The Rule You Need to Know to Pull Off a Summer Hat

A clear hat rule came into view at the annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic over the weekend: Smaller brims call for wearing your hair down, while wide brims are chicest with your hair pulled back. Here are two smaller-brimmed hair-down examples on The Affair actress Ruth Wilson and Diane Kruger: For the wide-brimmed hair-back looks, we have Orange Is the New Black's Dascha Polanco, model Alexandra Agoston, and model Grace Bol (whose hair is technically not back, it's simply short, but the end result is the same): So what we've learned here is the wider brim, the sleeker you should make your hair to hit "sophisticated." An easy rule of thumb to keep in mind for your summer outfits. And when you do pull your hair back, just remember to keep your hair flat on top of your head with hair pins or pulled down low so your hat will sit down flush to your scalp and won't end up getting propped up and floating over your head like halo. For more hat tips, watch this video from our friends at Vogue:

For the wide-brimmed hair-back looks, we have Orange Is the New Black's Dascha Polanco, model Alexandra Agoston, and model Grace Bol (whose hair is technically not back, it's simply short, but the end result is the same):

So what we've learned here is the wider brim, the sleeker you should make your hair to hit "sophisticated." An easy rule of thumb to keep in mind for your summer outfits. And when you do pull your hair back, just remember to keep your hair flat on top of your head with hair pins or pulled down low so your hat will sit down flush to your scalp and won't end up getting propped up and floating over your head like halo.